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The government, specifically the ACC Contracting Squadron at Langley AFB, is conducting market research to evaluate potential contractors capable of providing instrumentation and test support services for operational flight, ground, and lab testing missions at multiple Air Force Bases including Barksdale, Dyess, Tyndall, and Whiteman. The requirement encompasses maintenance, technical, and test support for a variety of complex test programs involving B-52, B-2, and B-1 aircraft, as well as Air-to-Air missile telemetry and Integrated Avionics and Test Facility systems. Key systems covered include various cruise missile instrumentation kits, airborne instrumentation systems, telemetry ground stations, and special test equipment specific to each aircraft platform and missile system. Interested firms must demonstrate the capability to support test resources such as data acquisition systems, video recording systems, telemetry receivers, cryptographic equipment, and advanced simulators. The contracting office seeks responses from businesses with a NAICS classification of 541380 (Testing Laboratories) and a size standard of $10 million, who have cleared facilities and personnel with appropriate security clearances (top secret facility clearance and secret to top secret technician clearances). Respondents are asked to provide company identification and relevant past performance information to assist in refining acquisition strategies, with submissions due by August 4, 2004. The government emphasizes that this request is for information only and does not constitute a solicitation or commitment to contract.

General Info

Government seeks qualified contractors for flight test support at multiple Air Force Bases; info due August 4.

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Department Of Defense → FA4890 Hq Acc Amic

NAICS

541380 - Testing Laboratories and Services

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PostedJul 22

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Defense → FA4890 Hq Acc Amic

ContactsNo contacts available

OfficeHAMPTON, VA, 23666, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Defense → FA4890 Hq Acc Amic

Office AddressHAMPTON, VA, 23666, USA

ContactsNo contact information available

Full Description

INSTRUMENTATION AND TEST SUPPORT Request for Information: This information is for market research only. This is not a Request for Proposal, or solicitation, or an indication that the government will contract for this requirement. The government will not pay for information received in response to this RFI and is in no way obligated by the information received. ACC Contracting Squadron, Langley AFB, VA is in the process of conducting market research to determine availability and forming the acquisition strategy for a potential requirement for instrumentation and test support for operational flight/ground/lab testing missions at Barksdale AFB, LA, Dyess AFB, TX, Tyndall AFB, FL and Whiteman AFB, MO. The service provider shall accomplish test support, maintenance, and technical support for B-52 test programs and test resources as follows: (1) Cruise missile Instrumentation systems to include, (1) AGM-86B, Air-Launched Cruise missile (ALCM); Non-Tactical Instrumentation Kit (NTIK) and Flight Termination System Electronics Assembly (FTSEA), (2) AGM-86C, Conventional ALCM (CALCM); Modified Non-tactical Instrumentation Kit (MNTIK), (3) AGM-86D, CALCM Penetrator- Re-packaged Modified Non-tactical Instrumentation Kit (RMNTIK), (4) AGM-129A, Advanced Cruise Missile (ACM) - Non-Tactical Instrumentation Kit (NTIK) - Joint Test Instrumentation Kit (JTIK)- Joint Test Instrumentation Kit-Modified (JTIK-M)- Survivability Test Instrumentation Kit (STIK). Special Test Equipment includes:- Electronic System Test sets AN/FSM-45 (ESTS), Guided Missile Test Equipment Test Set AN/FSM-46D (GMTETS), Guided Missile Test Set AN/GSM-375, Mobile Telemetry Laboratory Trailer - Battery Test Set AN/DSM-149. B-52 Airborne Instrumentation Systems to include: - Bomber Airborne Data Acquisition System (BADAS) - MARS II Instrumentation Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) - Bomber Airborne Video Recording System (BAVRS) - Solid State Recording System (SSRS) - G-band beacon tracking system - Over-The- Shoulder (OTS) camera system. The service provider shall accomplish test support, maintenance, and technical support for B-2 test programs and test resources. Primary test resources and special test equipment are as follows: (1) Follow-on Test and Evaluation Instrumentation System (FOTEIS), (2) Range Instrumentation System (RIS), (3) Weapons Re-radiation System (WRS). The service provider shall accomplish test support, maintenance, and technical support of B-1 test programs and test resources. Primary test resources and special test equipment are as follows; (1) Consolidated Data Acquisition Systems (CDAS), (2) Stand-Alone Avionics Bus Data Acquisition System (SAABDAS), (3) Advanced Range Data System (ARDS), (4) Beacon Tray (5) PC-104 Recording System (PCRS), (6) Palletized Avionics Instrumentation System (PAIS). The service provider shall accomplish test support, maintenance, and technical support for Air-to-Air Missile Telemetry test programs and test resources. Primary test resources and special test equipment are as follows: Telemetry Ground Station to include, Antenna systems, Telemetry receivers, Color monitors and strip-chart recorders, Video Recording systems and data storage recorders, Crypto equipment. The service provider shall accomplish test support, maintenance, and technical support of Integrated Avionics and Test Facility (IATF) test programs and test resources. Primary test resources and special test equipment as follows: Fiber Optic Ground loop System, Video recording system, Titan 523X Communications System, Data Storage Recorders, Overlay Computers, Programmable Advanced System Integrated Simulator (PASIS), Range Operational Control Center (ROCC). The NAICS Code for this requirement is 541380, - Testing Laboratories, Size Standard, $10.0M. We are seeking information and comments from industry that will be used to refine any potential requirement and acquisition strategy. Interested parties that believe they have the capability to perform this service should respond to this notice by providing the following to the Point of Contact referenced in this synopsis; business name, address, phone number, POC, email address, CAGE Code, business size status, and a brief synopsis of experience/past performance in performing the specific services required by this announcement (please limit to no more than 2 pages). Interested parties must have a top secret facility clearance and technicians performing the work must have a secret to top secret clearance. Submit your response via email to contact@example.gov, NLT 4 AUG 2004. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining industry capability to meet the requirement.